using different colour grouts on the same wall

[tactile]

any tips on grouting, black tiles with black grout and cream tiles with cream grout?
the tiles are brick shape and size for a kitchen splash back.
. . . it just has the potential to be a messy job!

 

[Rich]

That is not going to be fun at all. Has the customer asked for this?

 

[tactile]

no! but i know it would look great. the walls are mainly black, but there is 1 row of cream just above worktop and another where the cooker hood is. so its probably not as bad as it sounds.
i thought i might black grout, wait till it dries, then go back with the cream. . . . but i would rather do it in one visit if i can.

 

[Rich]

I dont think you will be able to get a very good finish grouting it all in one hit mate, they will bleed together. If it isnt much cream, you could grout in black, let it dry off then cut the joints to be grouted in cream out with a knife and go back to grout in at a later date. You will have to be sooo careful tho or you will end up with grey patches.

What grout are you thinking of using?

 

[widler]

ive done something similer,you have to mask one set up,grout the dark set,then mask it again and grout the light set.
better to clean light offa dark than dark offa light. its a pain:mad2: but doable:smilewinkgrin:

 

[tactile]

BAL grout. i did think of masking, and grouting it all and raking out where the cream is going. hmmmm!
might just give it a miss, and stick with the one colour grout.
i'm just trying to be creative, but its not like i'm charging alot for a splashback!

 

[d noulton]

had the same problem customers request black and white grout black for the glass mosiac tiles and white for the rest done the black first went back the folowing day done the white looked ok but not perfect customer happy though

 

[hillhead]

I have a bathroom to complete on Monday, one wall is having grey grout as ghe tiles on it are black and grey.
Cream tiles on the other 3 Walls and Jasmine grout.
I have the jasmine done already.

 

[Stephen@Weber]

I did it on a site with black and cream epoxy!!!! It was checker board 4 black tiles and 4 cream tiles, had to mask off around the edge of the tiles, do the black grout let it fully cure before doing the cream grout, not fun.

 

[johnryan]

i used 2 grouts on this one, where the owner wanted black grout with the black border, and white with the white tiles;

i just did the black first, then put electrical tape over the black border, then grouted the white, with extra care by the border. i let the black dry very well first though, and didn't seem to get any bleeding into it from the white. was a bit fiddly though.

 

[chrisroe]

grout colourant do it all in cream then colour to black

 

[macten]

'tis easy mate. Grout one colour, let it start to go off and use a rubi wedge to trim the grout where you want it. once dry grout the other colour - I used to mask up but found it did little good.
I always use Mapei ultra colour plus and any staining washes off.